Since ancient times, Paris has attracted artists and intellectuals, so it’s understandable that the city’s history is intertwined with many of their love stories. These include Napoleon and Josephine, George Sand and Frédéric Chopin. It is often said in Paris that if a lover stays here, the couple’s love will stay here forever …. Do you long for such a connection? Paris is waiting!
But there is a place in Paris for a very different kind of love – carnal and unromantic. In this article we will tell you about the famous red light district.
Pigalle
The Red Light District is located in the Pigalle neighborhood. Many historical figures have lived here. Van Gogh, Maury Nemon and even Picasso himself have lived in the neighborhood at different times. Masters of art created their own unique style of the red light street.
The Pigalle district is located on the border of the 9th and 18th arrondissements of Paris. Nowadays, this place can be called quite frivolous.
Tourists are attracted by forbidden entertainment like sex shops and numerous cabarets. It is here that the largest concentration of brothels in Paris is located.
Were it not for them, the neighborhood would be characterized by a vulgarity and lowliness whose prosaic nature would not have made it so famous.
How to get there?
To get to the Pigalle district, simply get off at the Montmartrobus terminus. You can also get here by the Paris Metro: Metro lines 2 and 12 run to Pigalle transfer station.
Red light district
France is a free country. Male tourists love to visit the Red Light District, because since ancient times there have been legends about the secret skills of the priestesses of love of this amazing street.
There are so-called red light streets in various countries around the world. There is one in Paris as well. In most cases, the red light street is considered to be one of the sights of the French capital. Perhaps it is so. The origin of such a name is also not secret. This is how they used to designate places where women of easy behavior were housed.
There are numerous cabarets, casinos, brothels and sex shops. The myth of the incredible skill of the Red Light District’s love priestesses wanders around the world. Paris is 
a place where high culture intersects with the satisfaction of basic sexual needs.
Walking around the neighborhood, it suddenly occurs to me how diverse Paris is. Sentimental love intersects here with physiological love at almost every turn.
For newcomers, the sight is quite surprising and exciting: priestesses of love standing just behind transparent windows, dressed in sexy costumes and calling for an act of sinful (or for some, not sinful) love. Many who come here for the first time simply do not expect to see such a thing in one of the most cultured cities in the world. A lot of tourists stroll leisurely along the street, because such a spectacle is not available everywhere and not for everyone. Most of them are just gawkers who came to see one more attraction of the French capital.
It must be confessed that one should not look for cultural values in this quarter. There are few places where you can find such a variety of representatives of the oldest profession.
Not all women keep themselves in perfect shape, so you can meet local solicitors here.
Nearby is the Museum of Erotica, where sex and erotica intersect scientifically. Amazing, isn’t it?
It is worth noting that red light streets can also be found in other European capitals, such as Amsterdam.
The Museum of Erotica
In the center of Montmartre, a 2-minute walk from the Moulin Rouge cabaret, is the Paris Museum of Erotic Art. For 10 euros you can explore the various collections of erotic art, learn about the history of brothels, view photographs and videos of eroticism and erotic art. On several floors you can see erotic art from antiquity to the present, allow yourself to be inspired and learn something new.
Excursion to Normandy from Paris
The rugged beauty of Normandy
The French coastal region of Normandy is most often associated in a historical context with the landing of Allied troops on the local shore. 70 years ago, on June 6, 1944, the daring and dangerous maneuver that led to the end of World War II was executed. This year’s anniversary will be celebrated in the presence of the last living veterans.
But Normandy offers much more than military attractions. And also Normandy is located in relative proximity to Paris.
When you drive west from Paris on the A13 highway, after an hour and a half you cross the Normandy border and soon arrive in the city of Rouen. All this time you will be driving along the Seine River, which flows into the Atlantic in Normandy.
In the center of Rouen you can admire the typical half-timbered houses and the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
